Renaming Blocks
My routine for that is the RB command defined in RenameBlock.lsp, attached. [There are links in the Forum to a site where downloading it is not currently working, and with slightly older versions.]
Just pick a Block insertion, and it asks for a new name in a text-editing box, with the current one filled so you can change just limited parts if you want, or add a suffix or something, but you can edit it to be anything you want. You do not need to know the current Block name as you would in a RENAME command.
If you want to do this with the wacky Block names created by the PASTEBLOCK command, like "A$Cf53a89dd", you can prevent those completely with an undefinition and redefinition of the command, forcing you to give the resulting Block a meaningful name. Try PasteBlockWithName.lsp, >here<. Have that loaded by acaddoc.lsp, and it will operate in all drawings, and you will never get a wacky name again.
@JMARTINEZP5F4F wrote:
Essentially being able to just highlight the block and run a command to open a dialogue box to edit the name
That's exactly how RB [Message 3] works, in either noun-verb or verb-noun order.
@pendean wrote:....
The ones I tested in the link I shared all work just fine. Give them a try.
[But I believe only Message 10 there is about doing what is wanted here. Other offerings are not about simply changing a Block name in RENAME fashion, but about changing a Block insertion to be an insertion of a different Block name, or creating a duplicate Block with a different name, or such things.]
